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TOKYO -- Japan's economy grew at a robust annualized pace of 5.3% in the three months ended March 31, as strong consumption jolted the world's second-largest economy out of three quarters of stagnation.

Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic activity, expanded 1.3% in price-adjusted terms from the previous quarter. Economists said the strength was a sign that the economy could be on track for better longer-term growth. But they also said the January-March expansion was in large part a reaction to weakness...